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Juvenile Diversion: An Outcome Study of the Hamilton County, Ohio Unofficial Juvenile Community Courts
Author(s) -
BECK VICTORIA SIMPSON,
RAMSEY ROBERT J.,
LIPPS JUDGE THOMAS R.,
TRAVIS LAWRENCE F.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
juvenile and family court journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1755-6988
pISSN - 0161-7109
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6988.2006.tb00117.x
Subject(s) - juvenile , juvenile delinquency , criminology , minor (academic) , economic justice , outcome (game theory) , water diversion , juvenile court , psychology , political science , law , environmental science , economics , ecology , mathematical economics , biology , water resource management
An overall goal of juvenile diversion programs is to deinstitutionalize and decriminalize minor types of delinquent behavior by minimizing penetration into the justice system. Proponents of juvenile diversion programs have argued that diversion programs provide additional services to youths; and, since diversion programs are less stigmatizing, they may restrain the escalation of delinquency. Nonetheless, many diversion programs are never analyzed. This study describes and presents outcome data from a diversion program in Hamilton County, Ohio.